Burn·Wiki

Critical Care

ICU management and systemic complications

Burn infection, sepsis, and antimicrobial management

Infection and sepsis are the dominant late causes of death after large burns. Wound, bloodstream, and pulmonary infection converge on sepsis and multi-organ failure. Diagnosis is hard because thermal injury reproduces the SIRS phenotype; ABA, Mann-Salinas, and Sepsis-3 each…

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